Lethal Company SDP AU

12 - We Quit - End

[ Mika's the first to wake up, the room is dark and there's only a bit of dawn in the window.

Moist, Nopeify, and Justin must've brought their pillows and blankets as those three are next to each other on the floor.

Aztro is asleep next to Mika, Pandah next to her, then Schlatt next to Pandah.

He carefully gets up making sure not to wake them up as he goes to his room to take a shower and a new change on clothes. But they're just clean versions of the ones he had one.

By the time he gets back the dawn is gone as the sun shines partly in the room. He closes the curtains when he hears someone. ]

Aztro: Mika?

Mika: Yeah?

Aztro: Come back.

[ He sits back next to her on the bed and she gets comfortable on top of him. He hesitantly puts his arm on her shoulders. ]

Aztro: Sleep some more, I know you haven't slept much the last few days..

Mika: . . . Okay.

[ Like a switch he's drifting off again as she clings onto him. ]

- - -

Schlatt: Alright-

[ They've all are awake now. Someone opened a window to let air in, so the room smelt like the warm outside. ]

Schlatt: I don't know exactly what they plan to do but my guess is that they won't let us speak a word. So when everythings said and done I'll go to the mic and embarrass the living hell out of this company.

Pandah: I want to, too!

Aztro: Yeah I think everyone has a bit to say about the company..

Nopeify: This might be our only chance to do it too, and get away with it.

Justin: Yeah no way in hell they'll kill us live on TV. We'll have enough time to run away and steal a ship.

Moist: God this is giving me anxiety like I'm back on the planet..

Mika: I- I'm sure nothing bad will come out of this.

Schlatt: Actually, since they know you've been collecting data Mika, they might want you to give a speech.

[ Mika's chest drops at the thought. ]

Mika: Why would-

[ Suddenly the door opens. It's one of the many guards. ]

Guard: Please follow me to the courtyard.

[ They all quickly scramble out the room, following the guard about the building to a courtyard that looks more like the Lincoln Memorial on Earth.

Mika holds onto his notebook tightly with Aztro at his side. The main four, he, Aztro, Pandah, and Schlatt are behind the guard with Moist, Nopeify, and Justin behind them.

The group stand before the open water, crowds of people on each side of the man made lake. They look at the seven of them quietly, analyzing them.

The guard goes to a button, and the water from the lake pours down the side as a bridge forms for them from the ground.

He leads them down the path, Mika keeps his head down as Schlatt keeps his foreward, the other looking around at the people.

They come to a stop at the stage, Rift standing there in the middle with guards at each end. A mic stand is infront of her. ]

Rift: Oh they're allowed up here, hurry now.

[ The guard nods, getting the group up onto the stand next to Rift. ]

Rift: Oh what a wonderful day it is! I am proud to be here with these seven, they have marked history for our company!

[ She yaps and yaps about the history of the company, how it came to be and how it is now.

Then she turns to the seven. ]

Rift: It is my honor to award you each 10,000 credits each, and officially form you as the leading team of this company.

[ She catches a glance at the notebook in Mika's arms. ]

Rift: Ah yes, this is the notebook isn't? With all the research of the mimics?

[ Mika nervously nods. ]

Rift: Well I think everyone would like to have a bit of a prequel of the information before we finalize it hm?

[ They crowd cheer in agreement, now he stands at the mic, the notebook opened to the first page.

He looks back nervously at their friends, and they look back at him. Then Aztro raises her hand, giving a thumbs down. Then Pandah, then Schlatt.

Mika turns back to the crowd and opens his mouth. ]

Mika: We quit.

[ The silence is piercing as Mika closes the notebook and hands it to the speechless Rift, the lot walk of the stage taking their share of money.

Pandah walks backwards flipping Rift off before quickly running to the front of the group.

They're able to walk back to the ship peacefully, no guards coming after them at all.

It was quiet as Schlatt started the ship, they can see all the other workers heading back to their ships, they seemed to be dismissed back to their jobs. ]

- - -

[ Many months later. ]

Pandah: Dude why are they still talking about it?

[ Pandah annoyingly flips the TV station from the news, some how they are still the rage. ]

Aztro: Mika did just say two words and just left.

Mika: Well if I said something like Pandah would we would've be killed.

Pandah: Hey no way! My words would have more effect since they wouldn't be just two of them!

Schlatt: Mm, no. I think Mika's simple way of putting it was the best way to put things.

[ It's just the four of them again. Justin, Nopeify, and Moist all either went back home or started a new life.

But these four stuck together. ]

Aztro: Yeah, Mika knows how to get a crowd captured by their words.

Mika: I wouldn't say that actually..

Pandah: Schlatt, any luck with the job?

Schlatt: Fuck no man, hell its like every other job is taken!

Aztro: Maybe Pandah's podcast idea wasn't so bad..

Mika: Podcast.. wait Pandah what was the idea again?

Pandah: Oh, we do a podcast where we talk about the shit company job and our experiences with it.

Mika: That's it!

Schlatt: What? You aren't serious right?

Aztro: No I think.. I think this could work! We're still talked about in media, and we know so much more than everyone else who doesn't work for the company!

Mika: They can't come after us either since we don't work for them!

Schlatt: Don't we need like mics, and PC for editing? Thats expensive and we agreed to save our 10,000 for important things..

Mika: Use mine, trust me this will work!

Pandah: Yeah we'll make more than ever too! We could even ask Moist and the others to job as guests here and there!

[ Schlatt pauses as the three look at him with waiting faces for his permission, as if he never did stop being their leader. ]

Schlatt: Ah fuck it, we got nothing to lose now anyways.

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